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dvd,cdrw&floppy not working

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by webfast

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On the cdrw drive it said Sequential read test, retries failed. Host adapter did not detect error.
On the dvdrom and floppy drive it said Sequential read test error. Retries failed - error code
066003001.It said on all drives verify media is present.I had disks in both drives and a diskette in the A drive.It's not reading any drive.Any suggestions appreciated.

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by thechas

Which OS, other hardware, burning software?

I assume that they all did work.

Start by opening device manager and removing the IDE controllers.
Re-boot and with any luck, Windows will repair the controller drivers.

For Windows, do NOT install the CD-ROM driver that comes on a floppy. This driver is for DOS mode access ONLY.

If this is a new system, download and install the IDE driver for the chip-set on the motherboard.

Chas

by otl

Unplug all but one can you see/read it. Plug in another can you see both? Third it is the problem, What ever is not viewable is the problem drive (streaming data).

BTW - Just ran into this CD/HD an no boot drive, CD was bad and pressing processor to ignore HD!

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